Highland Park Year in Review

Judy Fidkowski / Pioneer Press

Laurie Kimbrel speaks to the assembled crowd as she is introduced to parents, students and faculty at Highland Park High School in February. The honeymoon period didn't last long — Kimbrel was found to have ties to the firm that recruited her, and the School Board ended up going a different direction.

Laurie Kimbrel speaks to the assembled crowd as she is introduced to parents, students and faculty at Highland Park High School in February. The honeymoon period didn't last long — Kimbrel was found to have ties to the firm that recruited her, and the School Board ended up going a different direction. (Judy Fidkowski / Pioneer Press)